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Daily Bread for 3.8.12

Good morning.

Whitewater’s Thursday will be about twenty degrees cooler than yesterday: a breezy day with a high of forty-four.

On this date in 1943, a famous Wisconsin doctor passed away:

1943 – Joseph Dean Dies
On this date Joseph Dean died. One of the great physicians of the Madison area, Dean founded the medical clinic which bears his name today. He began his Madison practice in 1904, was chief of staff at St. Mary’s Hospital, and served on the state board of health from 1925 to 1939. He often traveled by bicycle to his patients’ homes to administer treatment. Dean is buried in Resurrection Cemetery in Madison. [Source: Bishops to bootleggers : a biographical guide to Resurrection Cemetery, p.225]

Via Wisconsin Historical Society.

Google’s puzzle for today asks about Ohio of the 1930s: “In 1931, Toledo, Ohio gave a status to a European town that created a relationship never before seen in North America. What kind of relationship?”

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